Thanks for the kind comments! I made a bigger one as well out of two Venom can bottoms. Notices the bent in top to cover the edge of the felt. Bigger hole that you can't see in the picture and no grommet. In the flame picture you can see an awesome jet that shoots up from the air hole.
Same conditions, but 30ml of S-L-X. Boil at 5:00, flame out at 9:00. So the general design CAN do fast. Not sure why the baby one is so much slower than the reduced felt surface area would indicate. Likely air gap under stove, hole size, and vertical height of grommet all could contribute to simmering characteristics. I need to get an aluminum pot and start comparing apples to apples, but I think this general design genus has a very strong potential. The simplicity to make, easy to light, no bloom time, efficiency -- it makes me laugh at the time i spent playing around with jetted stoves. The little one especially with the tight pattern should do a great job with skinny Heiny pots. Maybe if I lift it up a little or pop out the grommet it's 11:00 time will drop down to 6:00 or so. Will see later.
